Robert Shiller Is Shilling for the State
For economist Robert Shiller, housing bubbles result from too little government regulation.
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Are We Fighting Terrorism, Or Creating More Terrorism?
The G7's new "crackdown" on terrorism really means more surveillance of innocent civilians, less free speech, and many more bombs dropped overseas.
Changes in the Money Supply Don’t Cause Business Cycles
Business cycles do not result from mere fluctuations in the money supply. What is needed is that the changes occur with money made "out of thin air."
How Long Can the Fed Keep the Boom Going?
Given current bond and stock market valuations, investors seem to be fairly confident that the Fed will succeed in keeping the boom going.
Self-Determination, not Universalism, is the Goal
The future is decentralized; why are so many libertarians arguing for the opposite?
Memorial Day and the Meaning of Freedom
What does freedom really mean? Freedom is the absence of state coercion. Nothing more, but certainly nothing less.
We Don’t Need to Create Jobs — We Need to Create Value
Wages spring directly from, and are proportional to, the degree in which a job creates wealth by helping to satisfy an unmet need.
There Ain’t no Economics in Economic Impact Studies
Interest groups often commission "impact studies" that just happen to prove the economy will benefit from whatever the interest group wants to do.
Federal Bureaucrat to the Public: Be Afraid!
Governments have always thrived on the fear of the taxpayers, and the DHS secretary is sure that if we knew what he knew, we'd "never leave the house."
Week in Review: May 27, 2017
Trump's budget signals that as far as government spending goes, it's business as usual in Washington.
